Hello.
Although we pirate for various reasons (ideology, no money to spend on entertainment, etc.) I wanted to know if the community actually donates money to any FOSS project? Nearly all of us use a torrent client based on libtorrent (qBit, Transmission, Deluge) or an open source Usenet client such as SABnzbd to consume our pirated content, yet I wonder, how many people here donate to FOSS projects?
I donated 15 euro to KDE in the past, as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent to keep the projects alive. I think that software that respects it’s users deserves to be rewarded for doing so. What is your opinion?
Yes. Homebrew and Asahi Linux.
Yes just a couple of bucks here and there.
Almost BECAUSE they’ve done it for free, I like to chip in .
I donate hundreds of hours of my time every year maintaining several open source projects. Does that count?
No, but I’m disabled on a next to nothing/gifts from family budget. I sincerely appreciate those that can donate and share my work on git freely.
No. But I should. Probably time to start.
You’re kind of Robin Hood if you steal software and give the money to FOSS projects. 😄
